Friday, March 31, 2023

Toft Churchyard 30th March: Shieldbugs!

Warm sunshine brought out a number of Shieldbugs including two new species for my list, Bronze Shieldbug and Bordered Shieldbug.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Very Wet Spring, Hardwick Wood

Primroses, Oxlips, Violets, Celandine, Dog's Mercury are all in bloom in Hardwick Wood but not in great numbers and the Oxlips that are out have been eaten extensively. 

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Toft Churchyard 27 March: Bee-flies!

First Bee-flies seen yesterday - quite late compared with other years. These two were newly emerged from their burrows and took a time to fly off. Their appearance no doubt linked to more bee species appearing. My favourite image is the very delicate lacewing inside a daffodil.



Sunday, March 26, 2023

Paxton Meadow Trail Survey

Although windy and quite damp early on, later sunshine produced a few bee species - Colletes cunicularis and Adrena clarkella were present plus a couple of new hoverflies Syrphus torvus and Cheilosia grossa. The Red mite was an interesting find in the leaf litter

Ann Miles Photography - My Favourite Images of the Past10 years or so